Tribunals · Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea · 2017 rating list

343 Kensington High Street, W8 6NW

Restaurant and premises Decided 29 September 2023 CHG100874274 Hampton Lovett - Rachel

OutcomeDismissedThe appeal failed and the rateable value was left unchanged.

Original RV£52,500£600/m²

Ratepayer sought£21,750

VO conceded first—

Tribunal decided£52,500£600/m²

Figures are as stated in the decision; a dash means the document does not state that figure.

What was argued and what the tribunal found

The appellant argued the property should be valued at £330psm (£21,750) rather than £600psm, contending it should use the zoned shops scheme rather than the overall restaurants scheme, and that the passing rent of £57,250 supported a lower valuation. The tribunal found the rental evidence too far removed from the April 2015 valuation date to be relied upon and held that comparable evidence from 1 Kensington High Street (analysed at £558.72 and agreed at £675psm) supported the £600psm base rate, with no sufficient evidence to reduce it further.

Summary generated from the decision text and checked against it. The appellant was Romulo Restaurant Group UK Limited, represented.